secular humanist
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Vanessa Gomez Brake, a secular humanist and the associate dean of religious and spiritual life at USC, said expanding spiritual wellness offerings for religious and nonreligious students alike should become the priority for campus ministry.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
As a secular humanist, I very much appreciated Michael Gerson’s Dec. 14 op-ed, “Secularism without humanism” — except for one thing: He falsely equated secularism with consumerism.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018
Huxley, a secular humanist, believed that Teilhard’s visions need not be grounded in any larger religious narrative.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2017
Even His Dark Materials, that secular humanist fairy tale, traps Lyra and Will in their respective universes of origin, rich with wisdom but bereft of each other.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2016
Even Stephen Kellner, noted secular humanist, dressed up to go.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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